#9086, aired 2024-04-22 | LIBRARIES $2000: Named for this architect who designed it in 1676, Cambridge's Trinity College Library holds over 1,000 medieval manuscripts Wren |
#8490, aired 2021-10-15 | LIBRARIES $2000: Seen here, the Long Room at this Irish school's library dates back to the 1700s, while the library itself was founded in 1592 Trinity College |
#7507, aired 2017-04-11 | LIBRARIES $1600: 200,000 volumes fill the fittingly named Long Room in the library of this Irish college Trinity |
#7250, aired 2016-03-04 | U.S. LIBRARIES $800: This state's State Library is an affiliate of Thomas Edison State College New Jersey |
#6837, aired 2014-05-13 | LIBRARIES $800: The Clapp Library at Wellesley College has the love letters exchanged by these 2 English poets in 1845 & 1846 Barrett and Browning |
#6734, aired 2013-12-19 | LIBRARIES $400: A small library named for this man at Cambridge's Magdalene College contains his 17th century diary Samuel Pepys |
#6645, aired 2013-07-05 | THE GREAT LIBRARIES OF EUROPE $1200: Among the exhibits at this Irish college's library is the book of Durrow, a gospel manuscript dating to the 7th century Trinity |
#6344, aired 2012-03-29 | FACTS & FIGURES $800: This private college in Northern California has 20 libraries with some 8.5 million physical volumes Stanford |
#5320, aired 2007-10-26 | LIBRARIES $1600: This Shakespeare library is administered by a board of directors under the auspices of Amherst College the Folger Library |
#4762, aired 2005-04-26 | LIBRARIES $200: Samuel Pepys' famous diary is housed at the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College at this university Cambridge |
#3818, aired 2001-03-21 | LIBRARIES $200: The Chapin Library of Rare Books at Williams College in this state's Berkshire Hills has a 1787 copy of the Constitution Massachusetts |
#3818, aired 2001-03-21 | LIBRARIES $500: The library at Cambridge's Magdalene College is named for this diarist who bequeathed it his books & diary Samuel Pepys |
#3608, aired 2000-04-19 | LIBRARIES $800: The Book of Kells, a decorated manuscript of the 4 gospels, is on exhibit in this Dublin school's library Trinity College (part of the University of Dublin) |
#2669, aired 1996-03-21 | LIBRARIES $1000: The Margaret Clapp Library at Wellesley College has all the love letters sent by this pair of poets Robert & Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
#2485, aired 1995-05-26 | LIBRARIES $500: The Theodore M. Hesburgh Library at this college has a 12-story granite mural on its outer wall Notre Dame |
#2408, aired 1995-02-08 | LIBRARIES $1000: Baker Library at this Hanover, N.N. school is noted for its Stefansson Polar Exploration Collection Dartmouth College |
#2404, aired 1995-02-02 | LIBRARIES $300: The library at Eastern Montana College in Billings has a collection on this 1876 battle Little Big Horn |
#1838, aired 1992-09-09 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: This city's Eastman School of Music has one of the nation's largest college music libraries Rochester |
#1735, aired 1992-02-28 | LIBRARIES $600: George Bush selected this univ. in College Station, Texas as the site of his presidential library Texas A&M |
#1735, aired 1992-02-28 | LIBRARIES $800: Samuel Pepys left his library to his alma mater, Magdalene College at this university Cambridge |
#273, aired 1985-09-25 | GOBBLEDYGOOK $400: "Learning Resource Centers" on college campuses were formerly known as this libraries |